Warning: Spoilers ahead for “The Last of Us” Season 2, Episode 5. Watching someone else play a video game might not sound like a particularly fun way to spend your free time. And yet, according to a recent survey from MIDiA Research,

The Last of Us Part 2 is one of my favorite video games of all time, but I'm finding its HBO Max adaptation increasingly troublesome. Here's why.

In both The Last of Us Part 1 and Part 2, spores have always been a key part of the narrative. Whenever anyone but Ellie descends into a heavily infected zone, they put on a mask to make sure they don't get exposed. However, this is the first time it's been introduced in the adaptation.